George penrice farmer



I PETERS. PHOWLITHDQRAPNER, WASHINGTON D C itltitml gitane tttlti (ljljlte.

letlcrslalent N 106,925, dated August 30,1870.

COMBINE SPOOL .AND NEEDLE-THREADER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, GEORGE PENRICE FARMER, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State ot'Pennsylvania, have invented a Combined Spool and Needle-'lhreader, oi' which the following is a specification.

Nature and Olpcct of the Invention.

My invention consist-s of' a spool with which is conibined, substantiallylin the manner described hereafter, a device for guiding the thread of the spool through the eye of a needle, the saidv device being arranged for attachment to or'forming apart .of the spool.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a spool with a needle-threading device;

Figure 2, a view of' the end of the spool with'its threader;

Figure 3, a vertical section (drawn to an enlarged scale) on the line 1--2, tig'. 2;

Figure 4,.a perspective view of the threading device, drawn to an enlarged scale Figures 5 and 6, views representing a modification of my invention;

Figures 7 and 8, view representing another ineditication and Figures 9 and 10 represent further modifications.

General Description..

In ligs. l, 2, 3, and 4- A represents a portion of a spool for containing sewing-thread, c. being one of the iangcs ofthe spool.

To thc edge ot' this flange is secured a small plate, B, so bent inthe middle as to form a conical guiding orifice, c, for the insertion of' the thread a: in the direction of the arrow, iig. 3.

To the top of the iiange is secured another portion, D, of the plate, or it may be a separate plate, bent so as to form a guide, e, for the needle i the guide being so formed atl and near its outer end that the perforated end of the needle cannot pass through it, unless one of its flattened sides in contact with the ange oi' the spool, so that the eye ot' the needle is in a proper position for receiving the thread passed through the guide e, a projection, h., on the plate B, forming a stopibr the end ofl the needle, so that the eye ot' the latter shall be in line with the narrowest portion or throat of the guide e; on directing the thread x, therefore, through the said guide, it must pass through the eye of' the needle.

The guide cshould be of dimensions suitable for the thread wound ou the spool to which the guide is attached, and the guidee should be adapted to a needle of appropriate size for the thread.

needleethreader with a spool; in figs. 5 and 6, for instance', the thread-guide e consists ot' a tapering hole .formed in the flange of the spool, and communicatingwith the groove t formed in the top of the flange, and constituting the needle guide.

This groove terminates at such a point in relation to the thread-guide, that the'eye of the needle, when the latter is adjusted to the end of the groove, will coincide with the thread-guide, and a staple-like projection, mi, may be so arranged above the groove as to insure the self-adjustment of the needle in a propel' position for its eye to receive theI thread.

In the modilications shown in figs. 7 and 8 the thread-guide is formed in a projection, n, on the flange of the spool, the needle-guiding groove 'i being continued nearly across this projection.

1t is'not essential in carrying out my invention that the thread-guide should be arranged in respect to .the spool in the manuel' shown inthe several plans described above; it may, for instance, be formed in the top of the spool, as shown in fig. i), in which case the thread will he directed horizontally through the eye of the needle, the guide for which should be so arranged that the-attened sides of the needle will be vertical, or the needle-thrcader may consist of ahorizontally arranged threadguide, and a vertical aperture for admitting the needle.

Whatever modification of my invention be adopted, whether the threadingalevice be attached to or is formed in, or otherwise constitutes a part of the spool, it is always at hand as a convenient instrument ready for use in guiding the thread of the spool through the eye of a needle.

It' the spool is made of wood, the device illustrated in iigs. 1, `2, 3, and 4 may be adopted, and if' made of metal, hard rubber, bone, porcelain, or very hardwood, any of the other moditications' ot my'invention may be applied to the spool.

1. A spool, with which is combined a needle-threading device, substantially in the manner described.

2. A needle-tl'ireading device, arranged for attachment to or forming a part of' a spool, substantially as specified.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE PENRICE FARMER.

Witnesses HENRY BROWN, J r., ALFRED YOUNGMAN. 

